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Sharmila Majumdar In the area of osteoporosis and skeletal changes,
it is currently accepted that bone mineral density (BMD), widely
used for screening, monitoring and assessing therapeutic efficacy,
does not adequately explain the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, the
process of aging, or the therapeutic efficacy of various
treatments. In this context, trabecular micro- architecture has
enormous potential to contribute to understanding the
pathophysiology of osteopor.osis and therapy assessment. The use
and value of noninvasive imaging and quantitative image analysis
and processing of trabecular bone micro-architecture have increased
dramatically due to recent advances in instrumentation and
software. This emerging field is diverse, interdisciplinary, and
encompasses many different imaging modalities. Interested
researchers include those involved in technique development, basic
science and animal studies, as well as clinical researchers and
practicing physicians. With the growth of this area of research, a
group of investigators at the 11th Interna- tional Workshop of Bone
Densitometry, 1 concluded that a forum dedicated to this matter was
urgently needed. With this agenda, Dr. Peter Ruegsegger organized
the first sympo- 2 sium on conjunction with the 10th Conference of
the European Society of Biomechanics. The symposium on Bone
Architecture and Competence was a two-hourlong event which resulted
in five chapters in Bone Research and Biomechanics, edited by G.
Lowet, P. Ruegsegger, H. Weinans, and A. Meunier, published by lOS
Press, 1997. The second symposium was held as a pre-symposium to
the 12th Workshop on Bone Denistometry,3 and flourished as a
daylong event.
Sharmila Majumdar In the area of osteoporosis and skeletal changes,
it is currently accepted that bone mineral density (BMD), widely
used for screening, monitoring and assessing therapeutic efficacy,
does not adequately explain the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, the
process of aging, or the therapeutic efficacy of various
treatments. In this context, trabecular micro- architecture has
enormous potential to contribute to understanding the
pathophysiology of osteopor.osis and therapy assessment. The use
and value of noninvasive imaging and quantitative image analysis
and processing of trabecular bone micro-architecture have increased
dramatically due to recent advances in instrumentation and
software. This emerging field is diverse, interdisciplinary, and
encompasses many different imaging modalities. Interested
researchers include those involved in technique development, basic
science and animal studies, as well as clinical researchers and
practicing physicians. With the growth of this area of research, a
group of investigators at the 11th Interna- tional Workshop of Bone
Densitometry, 1 concluded that a forum dedicated to this matter was
urgently needed. With this agenda, Dr. Peter Ruegsegger organized
the first sympo- 2 sium on conjunction with the 10th Conference of
the European Society of Biomechanics. The symposium on Bone
Architecture and Competence was a two-hourlong event which resulted
in five chapters in Bone Research and Biomechanics, edited by G.
Lowet, P. Ruegsegger, H. Weinans, and A. Meunier, published by lOS
Press, 1997. The second symposium was held as a pre-symposium to
the 12th Workshop on Bone Denistometry,3 and flourished as a
daylong event.
In the year 2047, Mitchell Hughes, a visually impaired divorced
schoolteacher with two young children, is on trial for murder. The
only eyewitness to the murder is a poly-gig micro-tronic computer
chip implanted deep within the brain of every United States
citizen. This computerized chip implant is known as the DuoDrite.
The DuoDrite chip implant is engineered as the first transmitter
and receiver for communications and entertainment, replacing
personal computers, global positioning systems, cellular
telephones, and home entertainment devices. The DuoDrite technology
is the sole interface to the Internet and is simply accessed by
thought and visualization in the mind's eye. Since the DuoDrite
chip implant's first conception in 2015, government agencies, such
as the Department of Homeland Security, discovered its uses as a
measure to protect national security. The Memory Data File, or MDF,
is the primary tool used by law enforcement. Once a crime is
committed, the DuoDrite chip immediately transfers the MDF of the
crime to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Mitchell Hughes is
accused by his very own MDF of a capital crime. It is up to
Mitchell's defense attorney, Claire Evans, a woman secretly in love
with her client, to save him from the clutches of a diabolical
conspiracy. Mitchell Hughes discovers that he is cursed with a
defect in his DuoDrite chip implant. Will Mitchell be able to
overcome the defect and use the technology that he has denounced
for his own preservation?
In the year 2047, Mitchell Hughes, a visually impaired divorced
schoolteacher with two young children, is on trial for murder. The
only eyewitness to the murder is a poly-gig micro-tronic computer
chip implanted deep within the brain of every United States
citizen. This computerized chip implant is known as the DuoDrite.
The DuoDrite chip implant is engineered as the first transmitter
and receiver for communications and entertainment, replacing
personal computers, global positioning systems, cellular
telephones, and home entertainment devices. The DuoDrite technology
is the sole interface to the Internet and is simply accessed by
thought and visualization in the mind's eye. Since the DuoDrite
chip implant's first conception in 2015, government agencies, such
as the Department of Homeland Security, discovered its uses as a
measure to protect national security. The Memory Data File, or MDF,
is the primary tool used by law enforcement. Once a crime is
committed, the DuoDrite chip immediately transfers the MDF of the
crime to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Mitchell Hughes is
accused by his very own MDF of a capital crime. It is up to
Mitchell's defense attorney, Claire Evans, a woman secretly in love
with her client, to save him from the clutches of a diabolical
conspiracy. Mitchell Hughes discovers that he is cursed with a
defect in his DuoDrite chip implant. Will Mitchell be able to
overcome the defect and use the technology that he has denounced
for his own preservation?
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